Improvement in styptic remedies



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

BENTON J. FIELD, OF LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT N STYPTIC REMEDIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,219, dated February29, 1876 application filed November 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, B. J. FIELD, ofLeaksville, in the county of Rockingham and State of North Carolina,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Medical Oomponnds;and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof:

My invention relates to medical compounds which are used as styptics,and it consists in a styptic composed of rosin, alcohol, tannin, andcamphor, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. These ingredientsare used in about the following proportions: 1 gallon'alcoho]; 6 poundsrosin; 4 ounces tannin; 1 ounce camphor.

When the rosin, tannin, and camplior are thoroughly dissolved in thealcohol the styptic is ready for use. It is to be applied by saturatinga pellet of cotton with the styptic and then applying the same to anyexternal bleeding, where it will adhere so tightly that it is impossiblefor the blood to Work it off, and,

I as the blood cannot penetrate it, the bleeding must stop.

This may be applied to any external bleeding for stopping the same, andexperiments have proven that it will even control the bleeding of thelarge arteries.

do not confine myself to the proportions of the ingredients hereinmentioned, as they may, perhaps, be varied without impairing theefficiency of my styptic.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A styptic, composed of rosin in solution, tannin, and camphor,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

BENTON JEREMY FIELD.

Witnesses:

G. D. DYER, W. U. JONES.

